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OscarWilde«Toliveistherarestthingintheworld.Mostpeopleexist,thatisall»OscarWildeinaphotobyNapoleonSarony.PhotographsofOscarWildeOscarWilde(1854-1900):probably1892Place:OxfordDate:summer1893Place:OxfordDate:summer1893PhotographsofOscarWilde&LordAlfredDouglas•BorninDublinin1854.•HebecameadiscipleofWalterPater,thetheoristofaestheticism.•Hebecameafashionabledandy.•(disciple信徒，门徒)•（dandy花花公子）1.LifeOscarWildeandLordAlfredDouglasinthe1890sOnlyConnect...NewDirectionsLordAlfredDouglas(1893)“Iamthelovethatdarenotspeakitsname”.LordAlfredDouglas,“TwoLoves”(1894)EnvelopeandnotethatwerebasisoflibelsuitThetrialsofOscarWilde(1895)拍卖ofWilde’spossessions(1897)1.LifeOscarWilde•HewasoneofthemostsuccessfulplaywrightsoflateVictorianLondonandoneofthegreatestcelebritiesofhisdays.•Hesufferedadramaticdownfallandwasimprisonedafterbeenconvictedof“grossindecency严重猥亵罪”forhomosexualacts.•HediedinParisin1900.OnlyConnect...NewDirectionsOscarWildeandLordAlfredDouglasinthe1890s•«Ihavenothingtodeclareexceptmygenius».•«Experienceissimplythenamewegiveourmistakes».•«Amancanbehappywithanywomanaslongashedoesnotloveher».OscarWilde,1889OscarWilde1.LifeSomefamousquotationsofWilde’s:OnlyConnect...NewDirections•«Oneshouldalwaysbeinlove.Thatisthereasonwhyoneshouldnevermarry».•«Artisthemostintenseformofindividualismthattheworldhasknown».OscarWilde1.LifeSomefamousquotationsofWilde’s:OnlyConnect...NewDirectionsOscarWilde,1889LadyJaneFrancescaWilde(JaneElgee,1821-1896)(1885)andVyvyan(1886).ThephotoshowsWilde’swifeandhissonCyrilin1889.•Poetry:Poems,1891TheBalladofReadingGaol,1898•Fairytales:TheHappyPrinceandotherTales,1888TheHouseofPomegranates,1891•Novel:ThePictureofDorianGray,1891•Plays:LadyWindermere’sFan,1892AWomanofnoImportance,1893TheImportanceofBeingEarnest,1895Salomé,18932.WorksOscarWildeOnlyConnect...NewDirections•OscarWildeadoptedtheaestheticalideal:heaffirmed“mylifeislikeaworkofart”.•Hisaestheticismclashedwiththedidacticism启蒙主义ofVictoriannovels.•Theartist=thecreatorofbeautifulthings.3.Wilde’saestheticism唯美主义OscarWildeOnlyConnect...NewDirectionsAcontemporaryeditionofThePictureofDorianGray.3.Wilde’saestheticismOscarWilde•Artusedonlytocelebratebeautyandthesensorial感觉的pleasures.•Virtueandviceemployedbytheartistasrawmaterialinhisart:“Noartisthasethicalsympathies.Anethicalsympathyinanartistisanunpardonable不可饶恕的mannerismofstyle”.(“ThePreface”toThePictureofDorianGray).OnlyConnect...NewDirectionsAcontemporaryeditionofThePictureofDorianGray.•1890firstappearedinamagazine.•1891revisedandextended.•ItreflectsOscarWilde’spersonality.•ItwasconsideredimmoralbytheVictorianpublic.4.ThepictureofDorianGrayOscarWildeOnlyConnect...NewDirectionsAscenefromOliverParker’sDorianGray(2009).ThePictureofDorianGray(1890)DirectedbyAlbertLewin(1945)•SetinLondonattheendofthe19thcentury.•ThepainterBasilHallwardmakesaportrait画像ofahandsomeyoungman,DorianGray.5.DorianGray:plotOscarWildeOnlyConnect...NewDirectionsPosterforfilmWilde,directedbyBrianGilbert(UK,1997).•Dorian’sdesiresofeternalyoutharesatisfied.•Experienceandvicesappearontheportrait.5.DorianGray:plotOscarWildeOnlyConnect...NewDirectionsPosterforfilmWilde,directedbyBrianGilbert(UK,1997).•Dorianlivesonlyforpleasures.•ThepainterdiscoversDorian’ssecretandheiskilledbytheyoungman.5.DorianGray:plotOscarWildeOnlyConnect...NewDirectionsBenBarnesinOliverParker’sDorianGray(2009).•LaterDorianwantstogetfreefromtheportrait;hestabsitbutinsodoinghekillshimself.•AttheverymomentofdeaththeportraitreturnstoitsoriginalpurityandDorianturnsintoawithered,憔悴的wrinkled有皱纹的andloathsomeman.5.DorianGray:plotOscarWildeOnlyConnect...NewDirectionsBenBarnesinOliverParker’sDorianGray(2009).•AtemptationisplacedbeforeDorian:apotentialagelessbeauty.•LordHenry’scynical见利忘义attitudeisinkeepingwiththedevil’sroleinDrFaust.•LordHenryactsasthe“Deviladvocate”.•ThepicturestandsforthedarksideofDorian’spersonality.6.DorianGray:amodernversionofDr.FaustOscarWildeOnlyConnect...NewDirectionsMephistophelesappearingbeforeFaustinthe1865editionofFaustbyJohannWolfgangGoethe.•Everyexcess越轨行为mustbepunishedandrealitycannotbeescaped.•WhenDoriandestroysthepicture,hecannotavoidthepunishmentforallhissinsdeath.•Thehorrible,corruptingpicturecouldbeseenasasymboloftheimmoralityandbadconscienceoftheVictorianmiddleclass.•Thepicture,restoredtoitsoriginalbeauty,illustratesWilde’stheoriesofart:artsurvivespeople,artiseternal.7.DorianGray:themoralofthenovelOscarWildeOnlyConnect...NewDirectionsTheImportanceofBeingEarnest(1895)Manuscript(1